High-grade Carcinoma of the Proximal Ureter With Negative Nephroureteroscopy Detected by a Positive FISH Test: A Rare Case Report

Guoxian Zhang; Daniel Steinbach; Miezcyslaw Gajda; Tobias Franiel; Marc-Oliver Grimm; Marcus Horstmann

doi:10.1016/j.eucr.2015.06.009

Urology Case Reports (Sep 2015)

High-grade Carcinoma of the Proximal Ureter With Negative Nephroureteroscopy Detected by a Positive FISH Test: A Rare Case Report

Guoxian Zhang,
Daniel Steinbach,
Miezcyslaw Gajda,
Tobias Franiel,
Marc-Oliver Grimm,
Marcus Horstmann

Affiliations

Guoxian Zhang: Department of Urology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
Daniel Steinbach: Department of Urology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
Miezcyslaw Gajda: Institute of Pathology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
Tobias Franiel: Institute of Radiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
Marc-Oliver Grimm: Department of Urology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
Marcus Horstmann: Department of Urology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2015.06.009
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 5
pp. 167 – 169

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Upper tract urothelial carcinomas in the proximal ureter are an uncommon disease. We present a case in which it was firstly detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization and not by endoscopy and radiologic imaging. Consequently, a radical nephroureterectomy with excision of the bladder cuff was performed as the gold standard treatment.

Published in Urology Case Reports

ISSN: 2214-4420 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology
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